Federal Register / Vol. 64, No.
161 / Friday, August 20, 1999 / Notices
Futures Trading Commission, Three
Lafayette Centre, 21st Street NW,
Washington, DC 20581 by the specified
date.
Issued in Washington, DC, on August 16,
1999.
John R. Mielke,
Acting Director.
[FR Doc. 99–21671 Filed 8–19–99; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6351–01–M
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[CFDA No. 84.170]
Office of Postsecondary Education,
Department of Education; Notice
Inviting Applications for Jacob K.
Javits Fellowship Program New
Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2000
Purpose of Program: The purpose of
the Jacob K. Javits Fellowship (JKJ)
Program is to award fellowships to
eligible students of superior ability,
selected on the basis of demonstrated
achievement, financial need, and
exceptional promise to undertake
graduate study leading to a doctoral
degree or a Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
at accredited institutions of higher
education in selected fields of the arts,
humanities, or social sciences.
Eligible Applicants: Individuals who
at the time of application have not yet
completed their first year of graduate
study or will be entering graduate
school in academic year 2000–2001, and
who are eligible to receive any grant,
loan, or work assistance and intend to
pursue a doctoral degree or MFA in
fields selected by the JKJ Board at
accredited U.S. institutions of higher
education. Individuals must be U.S.
citizens or nationals, permanent
residents of the U.S., or citizens of any
one of the Freely Associated States.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: November 29, 1999.
Applications Available: September
27, 1999.
Available Funds: $1,973,400. The
estimated amount of funds available for
new awards is based on the
Administration’s request for this
program for FY 2000. The actual level
of funding, if any, is contingent on final
congressional action.
Estimated Range of Awards:
$11,000—$25,500.
Estimated Average Size of the
Awards: $25,300.
Estimated Number of Awards: 78
individual fellowships.
Note: The Department is not bound by any
estimates in this notice.
Project Period: Up to 48 months.
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Applicable Regulations: (a) The
Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in
34 CFR parts 74, 75 (except as provided
in 34 CFR 650.3(b)), 77, 82, 85 and 86;
and (b) The regulations in 34 CFR part
650.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Stipend Level
The Secretary will determine the
maximum allowable fellowship stipend
for academic year 2000–2001, based on
the level of support that the National
Science Foundation will provide for its
graduate fellowships. We anticipate that
the fellowship stipend will be $15,000
or the individual fellow’s financial
need, as determined by part F of title IV
of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as
amended, whichever is less.
Institutional Payment
The Secretary will determine the
institutional payment for academic year
2000–2001 by adjusting the academic
year 1999–2000 institutional payment,
which was $10,375 per fellow, by the
Department of Labor’s December 1999
projection of the Consumer Price Index
for the year 2000.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Melissa Burton, Jacob K. Javits
Fellowship Program, U.S. Department of
Education, International Education and
Graduate Programs Service, 400
Maryland Avenue, SW., Suite 600-B,
Portals Building, Washington, DC
20202–5247. Telephone: (202) 260–
l
3574. The e-mail address for Ms. Burton
is melissa burton@ed.gov.
Individuals who use a
telecommunications device for the deaf
(TDD) may call the Federal Relay
Service (FRS) at 1–800–877–8339.
Individuals with disabilities may
obtain this document in an alternate
format (e.g., Braille, large print,
audiotape, or computer diskette) on
request to the contact person listed in
the preceding paragraph. Individuals
with disabilities may obtain a copy of
the application package in an alternate
format, also, by contacting that person.
However, the Department is not able to
reproduce in an alternate format the
standard forms included in the
application package.
FOR APPLICATIONS CONTACT: Education
Publications Center (ED Pubs), P.O. Box
1398, Jessup, MD 20794–1398.
Telephone (toll free): 1–877–433–7827.
FAX: (301) 470–1244. Individuals who
use a telecommunications device for the
deaf (TDD) may call (toll free): 1–877–
576–7734. You may also contact ED
Pubs via its Web site at: http://
www.ed.gov/pubs/edpubs.html or at its
e-mail address: edpubs@inet.ed.gov.
If you request an application from ED
Pubs, be sure to identify this
competition as follows: CFDA 84.170.
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Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1134–1134d.
Dated: August 16, 1999.
Claudio R. Prieto,
Acting Assistant Secretary, Office of
Postsecondary Education.
[FR Doc. 99–21628 Filed 8–19–99; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4000–01–U
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[CFDA No.: 84.153A]
Office of Postsecondary Education,
Business and International; Education
Program; Notice Inviting Applications
for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY)
2000
Purpose of Program: The Business
and International Education Program
provides grants to institutions of higher
education to enhance international
business education programs and to
expand the capacity of the business
community to engage in international
economic activities.
Eligible Applicants: Institutions of
higher education that enter into
agreements with trade associations,
business enterprises or trade
organizations that are engaged in
international economic activity.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: November 1, 1999.
Deadline for Intergovernmental
Review: December 31, 1999.
Applications Available: September 7,
1999.